Avianca Guatemala is headquartered in Guatemala City. It is a subsidiary of Avianca.
The airline was established on 1929 as Aerovías de Guatemala, and was founded by Alfredo Denby Chattfield. In 1945, the airline was nationalized during the government of Juan José Arevalo and stablished as Empresa Guatemalteca de Aviación S. A., which was shortened to Aviateca. Aviateca was a customer for the BAC One-Eleven medium twin jet in 1970. Aviateca was under government ownership and remained so until 1989 when it joined the TACA-organised Airline Alliance of Central America and was privatised. It was fully integrated into TACA, which later merged with Avianca. The aircraft were referred to by locals as "las papayas voladoras" (the flying papayas) due to the paint scheme used during the 1970s, in which the underbelly was painted a reddish orange. Later Aviateca switched to blue.
Avianca Guatemala is affiliate member of Star Alliance.
Livery
BAC 1-11 518FG One-Eleven, registration TG-AVA, built 1970, serial number 206 Mérida-Rejón Airport (MID/MMMD), Mexico, 11 March 1978
